With a lot of talk from governments around the world trying to either ban or restrict VPNs, I’m curious to know what are our options if they follow through? I know we can use the Tor network, but is there other options? I assume we could self-host our VPN since I don’t think it would be affected by a possible ban. Is there a less tech-savvy option I’m not aware of? I’m just trying to understand all of my options just in case a ban does happen.
The question is kinda “for what purpose”. VPNs are great for accessing content on mainstream websites that are restricted in your country, more niche solutions like self-hosting your own VPN, Tor or I2P don’t really work for that. I suspect those kinds of solutions are more useful for securing your own network, communication with other privacy enthusiasts or piracy.
VPN prevents your ISP/your nation-state from monitoring and/or tampering with your traffic.